Metallic head for vessels.



E. C. THORSGHMIDT. METALLIC HEAD FOR VBSSELS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27,1907.

TTOHNE YS PATENTED JULY '7, 1908.

UNITED s'rArEs PATENT "OFFICE,

ERNEST C. THORSCHMIDT, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

METALLI'C HEAD onvEssELs.

i pplication filed July 27,

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Vessels, of which the followingis a full, clear,

and exact descri )tiont The iurpose ot the invention is to provide a metal head particularly adapted for open, wooden vessels, but which is equally applicable to metal vessels iin-.luding'such vessels as pai lstubs, barrels, and the like,'w.hich head is in two sections, namely a cover section and a clamping hoop therefor, the said two parts or sections being primarily formed from a single piece of metal suitably struck up, and

-which is then cut and each art or section independently and individua y finished.

A further purpose of the invention is to irovide a metallic head for vessels'which will lie exceedingly simple, readily applied, and which will produce an effective closure of the part to which application is made.

The invention consists in the nove1 construction and combination -of the several parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ot' this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate correspon(lingr parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through an end portion of a barrel and the improved head applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a section through the blank from which the two parts of the device are formed; Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section ol a portion ofaii end of the barrel and a portion of the head; and Fig. 4 is a View similar to that shown in v Fig. 3, illustrating a slightly modified form v cover section.

ofthe clamping hoo i.

A represents the iiod of the harrel, B the cover section, andf a ciamping hoop for said In the construction of the body ofthe vessel A, it' it is made of wood the ends ofthe staves are stra-ight and flat, and if metal is employed, the edges of the vessel are similarly formed, as is shown at 1() in Figs. 3 and 4. In constructing the head a circular blank D is struck up. as is shown in Fig. 2, being lshaped to comprise a circular dish member 11 from which a flange 12 is horizontally and outwardly carried, and from the said flange 12 a second flange 13 is downwardly carried with an outward inclination, and at the free ed es of the flange 13 a continuous practica y circular bead 14 is formed, extending partially upon the inside and partially upon the outside of said ftaige, and wit-liin the said bead 14 a metal strengthening ring 15 ma or may not be introduced, -as found desirab e in practice. i After thus forming the blank it is cut on the line 16 wliereb the dish portion 11 is separated from the lange portions 12 and 13;` The dish portion 11 is then shaped to form the cover section B and the flange sections 12 and 13 are t-henfinished to provide the 70 clamping hoop C. This clamping hoop is finished by turning the flange portions 12 and 13 inward and downward atthe upper edge of that )ortion .13 that constitutes the body of the oop, to forni a substantially 75. circular bead 17 at the u per edge'of thehoop at itsupper side, am a strengthening ring 18 also may or niay'not be provided for the u )per bead 17. lThe hoop is therefore a seamfess hoop and ht s a downward and outward flare.

In completing the covei' section B, the edge thereof is carried horizontally outward toforni a flange 19, and from this flange 19 an upwardly extending flange 20 projects. g5

The dish portion of the said cover section is of such diameter that it fits snugly within the barrel at its end, and the horizontal flange 1t) is practically of a width corresponding to the thickness of the stave of the barrel at its outer end and rests securely upon the plain end surface l() ofthe staves.

lin the operation otcomplcting the head of a barrel, the cover section B is first placed in position and then the upper bead 17 of the 95 clamping hoop C is made to beni' upon the horizontal flange 1f) of the cover section and bear against the inner face of the upwardly extending flange 20 of said cover, as is liest shown in Figs. S and 1. Then the hoop C is 1'00 pressed down to a firm engagement with the outer face of the barrel until the inner face of thc lower bead 14 enters a segmental annular groove 21 produced in the outer face of the barrel, as is clearlyr shown in Fig. In Fig. S the lower bead 14 extends equally beyond the inner and the outer faces of the hoop C, Vwhereas in the construction of the hoop@ shown in Fig. 4, the lower' bead 14 is at the outer face of the ho'op entirely, but the up- 110 per bead 17 is formed the saine in both types of the hoop; and in the type of hoop shown plied, 'and een be ex in Fig. 4' an annular bead 22 semicireular in cross section is produced inthe outer fece of the hoop betweenits upper and its lower edges, and when the hoop is placed on the barrel this segmentaLor semi circular bead 22 is received Within a: corresponding annular Teeess 23 'which is produced 'in the outer face of the barrel at a point nearer the lower bead of the hoop When the hoop is on the barrel than the outer'bead 17. Y

This'head is veryA simple, is economically formed, makesy a perfect closure Where appeditiously and oonveniently placed imposition. v l

The improved hoop serves to keep the staves at the upper en d of the barrel in intimate and tight relation one with the other.-

I desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the cross sectional shape of Vthe grooves or Croze or the identical form of Having thus described my invention, I'

I bead engaging the flange of the` head section,

-and the lower bead engaging the outer face of the barrel, the outer il'ange being received -between thevup'per bead and the body of the clamping hoop.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ERNEST o. THoRsoHMIDTQ Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, JHN P. DAvIs. 

